The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-02-12
THE FORESTER.
Trees.

Persons interested in the production Of
trees common to our forests will do well to
plant those kinds that are valuable for several
purposes. Shelter belts are wanted on al
prair farms, and the general practice is to
plant those varieties of trees that can be OBJ
tanned for the least money and trouble. In
many cases cottonwood, willows, and poplars
are planted TO break the force of the wind,
chiefly because they can be obtained near the
place where they are wanted, can be bought at
a low price, quite certain to live after they
are transplanted, and will make a very quick
growth At but little more trouble and cost
sbelter-belt may be formed that will be valu-
able for other purposes than breaking the
force of our violent winds. We can substi-
tute for the cottonwood willow, and poplar
the butternut, black walnut, hickory. and
beech. To this list of nut-producing trees you
| can add the white oak, and for portions of the
| country where the climate is suited for their
growth the pecan and chestnut All these
trees are stately, hardy, strong, and long
lived. Once established they will continue to
grow for centuries None of them are likely
to be overturned or broken by the strongest
winds. Their somewhat slow growth while
they are young constitutes the only objection
to them
They form excellent shelter-belts They are
highly ornamental, and after they are Of a
size to sustain barbed- wire will be excellent
substitutes for cedar posts IN forming fence.
The branches which are removed in pruning
will make good fuel As soon as they are OF
an age and size to produce nuts they will be
constant sources OF pleasure and profit
Edible nuts take high rank among the lux
uries, and they may be produced on every
farm almost without cost or trouble Few
things add more to the comfort of the home
during the winter than supply of nuts. If
more are produced than are wanted for homo
consumption they can be readily sold to farm
ers who have no nut trees and to village peo-
pie. During several years there has been q
large demand for nuts for planting in the far
Western States and Territories. There has
been even a considerable demand for them to
send to England and some countries on the
continent of Europe. A Missouri farmer
states that for a series of years he has derived
more money from the sale of nuts that grew
on forty-scre tract of native hickory and
walnut trees than from the corn produced on
the same number of acres The former cost
nothing but for harvesting, while the latter
requires the la Dor of man and team during
the entire season.
All the nut-producing trees mentioned fur
nish excellent timber and very valuable fuel.
If it is necessary to cut down tree at any
stage of ITS growth because it stands to close
TO others or has received an injury, its wood
becomes valuable for timber or fuel Nut
producing trees are as desirable for planting
in groves or along the sides of roads as for
forming shelter belts. OF late the black wal
nut has received much attention at the hands
of tree planters, but the claims of the butter
nut or white walnut have generally been over
looked The like is true III relation to the
hickory which is one of the most beautiful as
well as one of the most useful of our native
trees. The beech has been neglected and the
impression has been created that 1t would not
thrive on prairie soils. 1t is very valuable
tree and there is good reason for believing
that il will grow on any land that produces
oaks Beech mute very easily obtained,
and they terminate almost as easily as grains
of corn The trees present a very fine ap-
pearance. whether growing by themselves or
with trees that have dropping branches, with
which they make very striking contrast ~
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